Dispensing device



May 28, 1935. J. sTREMEL DISPENSING DEVICE Filed May 9, 1934 Patented May 28, 1935 UNITED STATES DISPENSING DEVICE Joseph Stremel, Spokane, Wash., assignor of two-thirds to Nellie Stremel and one-third to Glen E. Syp, Spokane, Wash.

Application May 9, 1934, Serial No. 724,725

2 Claims.

My invention relates to dispensing devices and more particularlyvto a dispensing tube that is used in transferring liquids from one container to another. Certain objects of the invention are 5 to provide a dispensing device that does not require constant attention when used in transferring liquids from one container to another, and which is provided with novel means for allowing air to escape from the container which is being lled. Further objects are to provide a bulb that is connected to the air escape means whereby overiiow of the container is prevented, wherein foam rising from the filling liquid is collected, and whereby di'erent containers are filled to an equal height.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of the novel construction, adaptation, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed. These objects are accomplished by devices illustrated in` the `accompanying drawing; wherein Figure 1 is a View in side elevation showing the device installed and in readiness for transferring liquid from one container to another; and Fig..2 is an enlarged view in Vcentral vertical section showing the device installed in a container. Referring in detail to the drawing throughout which like reference numerals indicate like parts, the device comprises a'rubber or other iiexible tube 5 whose receiving end is provided with an enlarged expansible'mouth 6. A tapered stopper 'I is integrally and eccentrically formed on the outside of said tube at a predetermined point whereby the discharge end of the tube will clear the bottom of a container 8 when the stopper is installed in its mouth 9.

'I'he stopper 1 is provided with a vent hole I0 that is outside of the tube 5. An expansible rubber bulb II surrounds said tube and its bottom is integrally or fixedly connected to the stopper in such position as to'include the vent hole I Il which hole therefore forms a passage between the container 8 and the bulb II. The top of said bulb is integrally or iixedly connected to the tube 5 and is provided with a vent hole I2 outside of said tube and which vent hole is smaller than the vent hole I0.

In the use of my device, the stopper 'I is installed tightly in the mouth 9 of the empty container 8. A faucet I3 of a container (not shown), from which liquid is to be transferred into the empty container 8, is installed in the expansible mouth 6 of the tube 5 and said faucet is turned on. The rising liquid in the container 8 forces the air therein upwardly and out through the vent holes I0 and I2 in the stopper I and bulb II respectively. The vent I2, being somewhat smaller than the vent I0, a sufficient back pressure is caused within the bulb II to force its walls outwardly.

My device is particularly adapted for transferring beverages, such as beer and other foamy liquids, from one container to another. After once starting to drain liquid into the container 8- it is not necessary that it be continually watched. The attendant may perform other duties during the lling process, for, if the liquid should run over, the surplus will pass slowly through the vent hole III into the bulb I I thus giving the attendant ample time to shut off the faucet I3. When the liquid gradually rises to the top of the container 8 the foam which forms thereon is first forced through the. vent I0 and collects in the bulb II from which it may be drained or squeezed oi after removing the device from the container 8.

When the container 8 is full and the device has been removed therefrom, the liquid will drop down slightly within the neck 9 of said container,`

owing to its displacement by lthe tube 5, and the container is then sealed by a cork. This feature provides means whereby each container is lled to an equal height. It will now be apparent that I have provided `means for transferring liquids from one container to another whereby constant attendance is eliminated, overflow of the container is avoided, foam is removed from the container, and each container is filled to an equal height.

Having thusV described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A dispensing device comprising a flexible tube having an enlarged expansible mouth, a stopper formedintegrally around said tube, said stopper having a vent hole therethrough, and an expansible bulb formed around said tube with its lower end fixed to the stopper and communicating with the Vent hole therein, and its upper end having a vent hole therethrough.

2. A dispensing device comprising a flexible tube having an enlarged expansible mouth, a stopper formed integrally and eccentrically around said tube, an expansible bulb formed 'around said tube, the lower end of said bulb xed to the stopper `and its upper end fixed to said tube, said stopper having a vent hole extending therethrough into communication with the bulb, and said bulb having a vent hole through its upper end that is smaller than the vent hole through the stopper.

' JOSEPH STREMEL. 

